How the Laser Happened. Adventures of a Scientist Quotes

“One has ideas, does experiments, meets people, seeks advice, calls old friends, runs into unexpected remarks, meets new people with new ideas, and in the process finds a career of shifts and often serendipitous meanders that may be rewarding and rich, but is seldom marked by guideposts glimpsed very far in advance.”
― Charles H. Townes, How the Laser Happened: Adventures of a Scientist